# 2018 Algarve Cup

The 2018 Algarve Cup was the 25th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 28 February to 7 March 2018.
The final was cancelled after torrential rain flooded the pitch: the Netherlands and Sweden were declared joint winners of the Algarve Cup.

## Format

The twelve invited teams were split into three groups to play a round-robin tournament.
Points awarded in the group stage followed the standard formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss. In the case of two teams being tied on the same number of points in a group, their head-to-head result determine the higher place.

## Teams

| Team | FIFA Rankings (December 2017) |
| Australia | 4 |
| Canada | 5 |
| Netherlands | 7 |
| Japan | 9 |
| Sweden | 10 |
| Denmark | 12 |
| Norway | 14 |
| South Korea | 14 |
| China | 16 |
| Iceland | 20 |
| Russia | 25 |
| Portugal | 38 |

## Venues

* Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira
* Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal
* Estádio Algarve
* Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos
* VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António

## Group stage

The groups were announced on 6 December 2017, and re-organised on 18 December, due to South Korea being drawn against Australia in the Asian Cup finals the following month.
All times are local (UTC±0).

### Tie-breaking criteria

For the group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a group tied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions were determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order:
* number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question
* goal difference in all the group matches
* number of goals scored in all the group matches
* fair-play ranking in all the group matches
* FIFA ranking

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 |
| 2 | Portugal (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 |
| 3 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 |
| 4 | China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
| 4 | Russia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 |
| 3 | Iceland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| 4 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |

### Ranking of teams for placement matches

The ranking of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th placed teams in each group to determine the placement matches:
* 1st placed teams
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | C | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 | Final |
| 2 | B | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Final |
| 3 | A | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | Third-place match |
* 2nd placed teams
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | A | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Third-place match |
| 2 | B | Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | Fifth-place match |
| 3 | C | Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | Fifth-place match |
* 3rd placed teams
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | B | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | Seventh-place match |
| 2 | A | Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | Seventh-place match |
| 3 | C | Iceland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | Ninth-place match |
* 4th placed teams
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | C | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | Ninth-place match |
| 2 | A | China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | Eleventh-place match |
| 3 | B | Russia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | Eleventh-place match |

## Placement matches
### Seventh place game

* The match was abandoned at half-time with the score 0–0 due to torrential rain that flooded the pitch: both teams were awarded joint seventh place.

### Final

The final was cancelled after torrential rain flooded the pitch: the Netherlands and Sweden were declared joint winners of the Algarve Cup.

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Netherlands |
| | Sweden |
| | Portugal |
| 4 | Australia |
| 5 | Canada |
| 6 | Japan |
| 7 | South Korea |
| 7 | Norway |
| 9 | Iceland |
| 10 | Denmark |
| 11 | China |
| 12 | Russia |

### Awards

| Top Goalscorer | Player of the Tournament | Fair play award |
| Christine Sinclair Lieke Martens Fridolina Rolfö | Cláudia Neto | Japan |

## Goalscorers
### 3 goals

* Christine Sinclair
* Lieke Martens
* Fridolina Rolfö

### 2 goals

* Chloe Logarzo
* Sam Kerr
* Janine Beckie
* Hlín Eiríksdóttir
* Mana Iwabuchi
* Elise Thorsnes
* Lee Min-a
* Stina Blackstenius

### 1 goal

* Caitlin Cooper
* Larissa Crummer
* Clare Polkinghorne
* Ashley Lawrence
* Jessie Fleming
* Liu Shanshan
* Song Duan
* Xu Yanlu
* Pernille Harder
* Frederikke Thøgersen
* Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen
* Yui Hasegawa
* Emi Nakajima
* Yuika Sugasawa
* Rumi Utsugi
* Lineth Beerensteyn
* Shanice van de Sanden
* Cheyenne van den Goorbergh
* Stefanie van der Gragt
* Siri Worm
* Ingrid Engen
* Maren Mjelde
* Lisa-Marie Utland
* Carole Costa
* Nádia Gomes
* Vanessa Malho
* Carolina Mendes
* Cláudia Neto
* Diana Silva
* Anna Belomyttseva
* Sofia Shishkina
* Han Chae-rin
* Jung Seol-bin
* Filippa Angeldal
* Mimmi Larsson

### Own goal

* Simone Boye Sørensen (playing against the Netherlands)